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Originally Posted by RRxtar
What's interesting is how it appears our society is completely incapable of doing anything when these pandemics get going, regardless of how advanced we think we are. Instead of doing everything we can, we are all arguing about whether losing 20% of our grandparents is worth washing our hands or not. What happens when the next crazy person from the slums of China or south east Asia eat a live bat while being balls deep in a monkey carcass standing under a 5G tower and a real plague spawns?
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The weird thing to me is the sheer resistance to accept that this is may be a serious matter. As in, maybe you won't die if you get it, but it's a legitimate thing to be concerned about. Instead, they have to compare it to the flu, or non-sequiturs like STDs and heart disease. Or car accidents, lottery winning, or meteor strikes. It's like burying your head in the sand and hope there's enough people that are active enough to prevent them from being seriously damaged.
Sure, make fun of the bucket heads and toilet paper hoarders. But don't just laugh off the entire thing. Like what is even the point if their opinion ends up being "right" and thousands (or millions) don't die, and the damage is only a crashed economy. Congratulations?